Internet Security and Privacy News:

• Apple TV has gone streaming
  
• iTunes 10 gets social with Ping
  
• Hospital Network to Explain Proposed New Federal Privacy Rule
  

  The American Hospital Association will host two teleconference calls to explain the proposed changes to federal rules regarding their obligation to protect the patient medical records privacy. Among the proposed changes are new rules third parties who may gain access to or collect patient information must protect patient privacy. Many non-health care providing entities that collect medical information claim to be "HIPAA compliant," which means they elect to adopt policy that reflect federal regulations that HIPAA covered entities must follow.

  
  AHA to Explain Proposed Privacy Rule

  
  
• Apple Moves to Protect Privacy of iPhone Users
  

  iPhone SDK changes would restrict access to customer personal data collected by third party applications that had been sharing customer data with analytics companies. Apple's privacy policy outlines the purpose for data collection, retention, use, and limitations on sharing to purposes related to the product or services sought by customers. It further states that the company "safeguard[s] your personal information against loss, theft, and misuse, as well as against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction." The Apple statement on the issue suggests that application developers for the Apple iPhone possibly used code from existing application developer programs, which contained third party data sharing instructions.

  Jobs: iPhone ad SDK changes for user privacy, not anti-competitive, Daniel Eram Dilger, Apple Insider, June 2, 2010
  

  
  
• Vuln: Wireshark 0.8.20 through 1.2.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  Wireshark 0.8.20 through 1.2.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  
• Vuln: Wireshark 0.10.8 to 1.0.14 and 1.2.0 to 1.2.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  Wireshark 0.10.8 to 1.0.14 and 1.2.0 to 1.2.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  
• Skyrocketing viruses, less danger?
  

  In 2008, antivirus firm Sophos processed about 20,000 "new" pieces of malware every day.

  
  
• Global spam hits all-time high
  

  Spam hit an all-time high this year, with more unwanted messages pouring in from a smorgasbord of countries, thanks in part to globalization. Such are the findings of a recent and comprehensive report on all things security-related from IBM X-Force.

  
  

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